Jerry Donato

Jerry Donato and Pete Jolly

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 3, 2017

At the end of April, my dear friend and arranger Bob Freedman sent along the following email about the late pianist Pete Jolly: “A few years ago, I wrote a few arrangements for a CD being recorded by Jerry Donato, a wonderful Phoenix-area reed player. Among the other local players was a pianist named Pete Jolly. Pete was very ill the entire time he was here, but he played typically beautifully throughout the three days of recording, and his spirits ...
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